setfast

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UK/ˈsɛtfɑːst/

noun

A tumour on a horse's back.

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Meanings

nounsetfast (plural setfasts)

plural setfasts

  1. A tumour on a horse's back.

    Her brother Clint had bought a horse and saddle off that pastor and there had been a setfast under the blanket nearly the size of a griddle cake.

    2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 8

Origin

From set + fast.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Fassett
Cite this entry
APA

setfast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/setfast

MLA

“setfast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/setfast. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “setfast,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/setfast.

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